Kesedapan hingga menjilat ibu jari

Syukur Alhamdulillah. Lega aku dapat makan nasi arini hasil masakan aku sendiri. Tak sangka plak nasi goreng cina aku tu sedap gile. Macam makan kat restoran plak. Serius aku tak tipu. Sebenarnya aku takde idea nak masak arini. Sebab dalam freezer tu ada daging je. Stok2 ikan bilis goreng yang ditapaukan mak aku tu ada lagi. Pastu aku belek2 la plastic beg yang penuh dgn stok perencah2 yang aku beli masa balik Malaysia aritu. Stok byk lagi. Antara perencah2 dalam simpanan aku skrg ayam masak merah, ayam masak madu, rendang ayam, daging masak lada hitam dan macam2 lagi la. Awal2 dulu je aku semangat masak sume tu. Especially masa bulan Ramadhan dulu. Masa tu siang lebih panjang daripada malam. Waktu berbuka pon 8.30 malam. So, aku ada byk masa la nak masak sume tu. Tapi sekarang aku bebetul malas tahap gaban. Kadang2 sanggup tak makan sebab malas nak masak. Selamat la ada jugak makanan ringan dalam bilik aku ni. Aku sebat je. Tambahan pulak sekarang ni waktu malam lagi panjang daripada malam. Tu yg rase nak tido je. Berbalik pada cerita nasi goreng aku tu, masa aku belek2 plastic beg tu, tetiba terjumpa plak perencah nasi goreng cina. Sebelum2 ni aku masak nasi goreng style aku je. Boleh tahan sedap jugak la. Tapi kali ni lagi2 sedap sebab aku guna perencah tu. Masa aku masak tu, wife aku borak2 la dgn aku sambil tgk aku masak. Perencah tu sebenarnye untuk 2 sajian tapi memandangkan aku ni jenis makan memang untuk 2 sajian, so sekali masak memang guna satu paket perencah tu la. Tu yang aku lega sgt sekarang ni. Kene plak cuaca sekarang ni sejuk2 je. Kat luar pon gelap. Lagi la kelegaan aku tu sgt2 nikmat. Masa aku makan nasi goreng aku tu, aku tunjuk la kat wife aku sampaikan dier pon boleh rase lapar dan terus kuar gi beli nasi kat restoran berdekatan umah dier tu. Betapa sedapnye nasi goreng hasil masakan aku ni. Tapi dier agak terkejut melihat nasi dalam pinggan aku tu seolah-olah aku makan dalam pinggan nasi tambah. Aku mcm biasa memberi alasan bahawa ni sume untuk stok 1 ari. So malam ni aku makan ringan2 je. Roti ke. Cucur ikan bilis ke. Ni aku belum cerita pasal cucur ikan bilis yang aku buat lagi. Hmm. Nanti la aku kasi cerita. Arini aku cerita nasi goreng cina je sebab sedap sgt. Isk isk. Hmm. Mana wife aku ni tak balik2 lagi ni.

Cold Weather Deactivates Me

It’s 6 am. I was actually wake up at 2 am this morning. That is the problem when the time difference is seven hours compared to Malaysia. When my wife gets to sleep, it is still early in the evening here. That’s why I went off to sleep too early last night. After surfing the net all day and chatting with my wife, finally the bed I belong. The cold weather now really makes me idle and inactive. I would prefer to spend the whole my free time on the bed with my laptop. There is nothing much for me to do in my room except watching some French movies and get updated with world news thru CNN, BBC and SKY channel. Sometimes, I never realized that I have not taken my dinner. When I wake up the next morning, I am so starving like crazy. As the same feeling I have right now. I already prepared a hot cereal drink to eat with some bread. Hmm. In my room, I would remain the TV switch on all the time as well as my laptop. Sometimes, I will listening to Malaysia Radio via streaming online so that I can feel the Malaysia living routine with daily traffic jam updates which never ending, individual request or wishes on air which sometimes sound funny, Malay “hit” songs and some current issues in Malaysia. Seriously, I am really depressed with the weather now. It really limits my outside activities and after all, I just stay in my room all day long. Hope the sun will turn up today.

Planning yet to be done

Oh. I just got back to my room after went out for a lunch and buying some food stock for this coming week. This morning while surfing the net, my wife called me thru my hand phone. She was just arrived at home from her office. At the time she was waiting for her housemate who keeps the key. Few minutes later, she gets in and went straight online to chat with me. We spent about an hour talking and then I decided to get myself ready to go out for having lunch and do some shopping. It was light raining here and the temperature is not very cold compared to yesterday. Now, the climate has improves with the sun starts setting and turns the sky brighten. I was a bit disappointed after walking around the shopping market as I couldn’t find the most important raw material in my daily cooking – cili padi. I really don’t know why it lacks of stock since last week. Actually most of the “hot food” here mainly imported from Thailand. Hmm. I don’t think it is linked to the Bangkok Airport shutdown recently. Hehe. OK, now I am already in my room and I want to spend my free time chatting with my wife. A lot of things need to be discussed especially for the Christmas holidays.

I love weekend

Alhamdulillah. Finally the weekend has come. I just woke up after I heard an incoming call from my hand phone. It was from the developer. They just informed me to collect a dinner or lunch voucher that will take place at KL Tower. At the moment, I was a little bit subconscious and didn’t get the message clearly. But I remembered I have told her (the developer) to call my wife instead. After a long and wearing week days with an unhealthy snack every night, finally I just realized that I really need to treat myself. Last night, I went out with my friends to the Little India and having a great dinner over there. While enjoying Prawn Beriyani and a glass of mango yogurt drink, we really spent a good time chatting together. I think we were in the restaurant for almost two hours and most of us talked restfully about the new working environment here and how the local people react with foreigners like us especially in the office. The conversation continued from the work issues until the holidays planning for this coming Christmas holidays. Two of my friends will bring their family here within Christmas holidays since their assignment will be finished on January 2009. The other two will return back to Malaysia with splendid holidays planning in their mind. I, myself got a plan to visit Terengganu and luckily two of my friends here are from Terengganu and the other one used to work there. So, I got a lot of feedbacks and helpful tips for my trip to Terengganu. The weather at the time may not be really good but it will be OK because I will not going to the Islands. This is just a leisure trip to Terengganu. Moreover, I will bring my parents as well as my father & mother in law. So, this is kind a family gathering. My little sister also will join the trip but I don’t know whether she manage to get the leave for her practical training. For my brother, he is quite busy at the moment with his sister in law wedding preparation for the bridegroom side. So, he won’t be able to join. Actually, as we return back from the trip, the wedding ceremony will take place on the following day. Hmm. OK la. I need to do some survey. My wife already made a hotel booking and I have to look after the main attractions that we are going to visit as recommended by my friends.

I am stuck again

I was stuck again in the meeting room today. Adoih. What an exhausting week. This morning I arrived at the office a bit late. 10 minutes to 9 am. When I checked my mail, my lead has sent me an email late evening yesterday that there will be a meeting this morning concerning instrumentations. The meeting took place nearly full day with a lot of cross check job with few documents and it was really draining me out.

It’s been 4 days, I didn’t cook for my dinner. And for these 4 days I ate kebab. Anyway, I am not a kind of choosy person. And kebab is not that bad. I used to eat it every dinner for the first 3 months when I was here. Hehe. But I was quite surprised because my family told me that I looked physically thin when I went back to my hometown quite some time ago. Hmm.

OK. When I start thinking about my eating habit in Malaysia, these coming holidays I wish to eat a lot. I don’t really care about the weight or body mass index as long as I can eat all I want. Hehe. Here I list down the Malaysian food that I really want to eat :

a) Nasi Lemak Sambal Sotong
b) Roti Canai Kuah Daging
c) Char Kuew Tiaw
d) Mi Goreng
e) Nasi Kandar Lauk Telur Sotong
f) Taqua Rendang
g) Pasembur
h) Ikan Terubuk Bakar
i) Popia Goreng

There are many more to be listed out but this is the most I want. Hmm. OK la. I want to have a break.

Oh ya, I am just thinking about this restaurant. These pictures were taken when I went back to Malaysia last time when my wife was charged to hospital. I brought my family to this restaurant owned by a rock legend, Amy Search which serves mainly muslim chinese food. Two thumbs up for the food!

Three days in the meeting room

Hmm. I just finished tidy up my room and done with my laundry. It is a bit tiring after all day brainstorming and discussing. It was a good experience indeed. Actually, I have been assigned in this project to handle few packages. In simple words, these packages need to be reviewed technically and after a vendor has been selected, the package offered will be further analyzed and studied in structured and systematic examination in order to identify and evaluate the problems that may represent risks to personnel, business interruption or environmental concern. All of these issues need to be assessed by a team comprised of 3rd party consultant, client, operator, engineering contractor and vendor itself. This study has been done for three days and it was over this evening for one package! It started around 9 am in the morning and then break for the lunch at 12 pm (lunch is provided) and finished at 6 pm. Yes, for three days! It may sounds unexciting after a full day spent in the meeting room but anyway I have never regret about it. Seriously, a lot of new things that I have learnt during the meeting. Apart from technical issues theoretically, I got to know loads of onsite experience that will never be thought off. Before the meeting has started, we need to introduce ourselves and need to write our name on a piece of paper as the names of the team member will be placed in the final report – outcome of the meeting. I would give high credit to the chairman for his capability to lead the team efficiently. He is an American and he is very talkative and friendly guy. When everybody in the team looked sleepy or lack of ideas, he will come out with a joke where he always make fun about the presidential election in America recently and he will shared some of the stories of his background on teaching and working as an engineer. It is very interesting. And he is 63 years old already. Hehe. Anyway, it was a huge relief for me when the meeting was conducted in English. Moreover, the vendor is from Italy. Obviously, they didn’t understand French. Like myself. Hehe. The client and operator are from Belgium but they speak French very well and the engineering contractor is from France and I am working for this engineering company but I am from Malaysia :)

Working on Sunday?

Hmm. I just finished my brunch while chatting with my lovely wife. Now, she is preparing her dinner while I am updating my blog. She was at home and refused to go to work today. I think it was a good decision. Generally speaking, weekend is a good time dedicated for family gathering and to pamper ourselves and nobody should work on that day, except those in the emergency and leisure industry.

For me, I would prefer to spend my lazy time in my room. Even though we are working in the private sector, it doesn’t mean we can easily be forced to work during the weekends except for some particular strong reasons. If we have to, this shows that the management of the company has failed to achieve the forecasted planning within the normal man-hours. Positively, this will introduce us to a good over time claims. I have heard few cases where some companies willing to offer unlimited over time claims. This will promote more people to work during weekends and somehow it will jeopardize our actual week day’s performance in the office.

This workaholic culture to some extent would also ruin our social relationship with coworkers. Having to say that, if the coworkers willing to work during weekends, that means they seemed work harder than ourselves. One day our boss will think that we are lazy if we refuse to work during weekends. Indirectly, people who don’t want to work during weekends will fight to prevent this from happening and creates an unhealthy communication with other workaholic coworkers.

Obviously, they are not wrong. But in real life, if everyone in my department willing to work until 9 pm every day, would I dare to leave the work at 5 pm? If my boss asks me to work on Sunday and everyone else said yes, would I dare to say no? See, how this symptom will sacrifice our human relations. My suggestions are to work smart and hard during normal working days and spend a quality time during weekends with your loved ones. For me, family comes first above all.

Wedding Anniversary : 23 Nov 2007 - 23 Nov 2008

Happy Anniversary!

Alhamdulillah. I managed to spend a great time chatting with my wife. If you all can see the above counter, today is our Wedding Anniversary! Alhamdulliah. We have been through everything together for one year and hopefully more wonderful days will be part of our journey and wishing our dreams will come true. Amin. Now, she’s off to bed and I just finished my light dinner. Two pieces of instant prata with onion flavored. Not so bad. Hmm. This morning I went out with my friends to a flea market somewhere in Paris and having a lunch in a halal’s Thai restaurant. It was interesting to discover a new restaurant which offers halal’s meals here. When we arrived at the flea market (which is almost the same like Danau Kota in Malaysia), I was quite shocked because most of the goods offered are genuine and at reasonably lower price compared to the one sold in shopping mall that I have been so far. I was pretty sure about that and think in that way because I have bought a pair of shoes few months ago and it was a new released at the time. Surprisingly, the same shoes was sold there with a lower price. I think about 20% less. Hmm. We continued walking around the flea market and found it as a good place for me to do some shopping due to our poor currency. Anyway, I bought nothing and I would prefer to go back here when I am about to leave my job assignment for good. Actually, I have never known about this happening flea market. I got to know few places but not this one. Thanks to my friend for bringing me up there. Few minutes later, we stopped at one corner as we smelled a burning meat. The smoke had spread through the area and I jokingly said to my friends that we really need to stop there to see what’s happening. The thing is, I haven’t taken my breakfast this morning and I was so hungry that time. Finally, I bought a halal’s hot dog (2 pieces of hot dogs) come with a melted cheese, mayonnaise spread and a BBQ sauce. It was really good. Really really good. Hihi. Then, we walked through the flea market towards the end and make a move proceeding to the metro station nearby. After few minutes in a metro and come out looking around the area, we finally arrived at the Thai Restaurant. I got to know about this restaurant through one website. It has been rated for four stars out of five. Quite good isn’t? Once we reached there, I thought it was moved out already. The restaurant looked emptied and not so attractive. I walked closer to the door wishing somebody will please us. There was a one big French guy opened the door and welcoming us to get in. While walking through the restaurant accompanied by that big guy, I was quite surprised with the interior design and decoration of the restaurant. It was really exclusive. Like a hotel. While waiting to be served, I have been informed from that guy that we have to choose the ingredients to be cooked with the meal chosen. Wow. Frankly speaking, it was quite new for me. OK, pretending that I used to it, I proceed to the kitchen area followed by my friends. I chose prawn, squid, beef, chicken, carrot, mushroom and broccoli as my preference. Then, I handed over my plate filled with those ingredients to the chef and he straight away cooked the meal. I told him I want fried rice and a little bit hot. Hihi. After a while, we have been served together with the drinks. Overall, I found the food was OK and not that bad. Nothing much special about it except the comfortable environment and very good service. Finished with the lunch, we went back to our hotel.

Hmmm...

I talked to my manager yesterday about my stay extension here. Actually, I am not really into it but come to think about it, I think it is better to lengthen a bit my stay here because I have already make my flight booking and the most critical part is I have already organize my holidays planning. Yes, I know that we are facing global economic turmoil now but I have never known that it has an impact on my project as well as been informed by my manager verbally. We have talked for almost 20 minutes about this matter and as a result, he told me that the project may be delayed and will be slowing down due to financial issues and will be resuming back sooner. The date is still questionable. In simple words, the problem arose when the financer or banker did not come up with the sufficient money to feed the project. There was a rumor also to cut down the man-hours of the project within this chaotic period. I always put myself in a positive view. If this is the case, it will be good for me to return back home for good as per my contract which supposed to be until end of January 2009. Anyway, further to my conversation with my manager, he had confirmed my extension until end of March 2009. Actually, I really need this advanced confirmation from him for my holidays planning. Apart from that, if I am going back for good as per my contract, I need to bring back all of my stuffs during this upcoming Christmas holidays which means it will be my last day here. That’s the reason why I need urgently his confirmation. Actually, I was quite shock on how the global economic crisis can violently impact on industries. After a while, I almost have a heart attack when my manager in Malaysia sent me an email for an assessment interview. I had to fill in a form and rate myself on how well I handle my job and how integrated I'm with the rest of the team. My lead engineer who is my immediate superior and my manager here in Paris will have to give a grade on my performance within my stay here. I was secretly hoping that they will just forget about the whole “communication breakdown” since I am the only person who cannot speak French. I hope everything will be fine. Amin =)

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

The time flown past fast. This Sunday will be a big day for me. And of course for my wife also. This Sunday, 23rd of November will be our first ever wedding anniversary! Wow, I still cannot believe it’s been a year I live in this demanding world as a hubby! Alhamdulillah, within this one year, we have been through all the emotions together and shared the same feeling with open hearted. Distance has pulled us apart just after we returned back from our wonderful honeymoon. Comes to think about it, I feel very proud for having a great woman in my life. I don't pretend to know what love is for everyone, but I can tell you all what it is for me. Love is knowing all about someone, and still wanting to be with them more than any other person and trusting them enough to tell them everything about yourself including the things you might be ashamed of. So, for this upcoming anniversary day, I hope we can celebrate it together, no matter how far we are distanced away. This is the time to look back at the good times and a time to look ahead to live our dreams together. Happy Anniversary sayang. Wishing you have a great trip to Pangkor this weekend and you deserved to have a great time with your friends. Take care.

London Trip 2008

Hi everyone. Sorry for late and lack of updates. Been busy with pile of work recently and most of the time stuck with the bad internet connection in my room. Just to recall back some memories for my last trip to London. Enjoy!

Saturday - 8 Nov 2008

It was 6.30 am when I woke up. Still sleepy because I was slept very late last night after surfing the net all night long and chatted with two of my friends whose came over to my room. I was completely wiped out. I took about 10 minutes to start walking to the toilet from my bed. Washed up and performed my dawn prayer, I got myself prepared for the day. As planned before, I will bring out all of my Malaysian friends to Montmarte. Their strong determination to discover Paris in the early morning really wore me out. About 7.00 am, everyone was at the hotel’s lobby patiently waiting for me. I am a bit late. Sorry guys.

We walked down the street with everyone remain silence because of the windy ambience. The temperature at the moment was less than 5 degree Celcius. It was very cold for me because I just wearing my casual jacket. It was too bad. When we arrived at the McD closed to the Metro station, we found the restaurant was not opened. Actually, we had a plan to have a breakfast before going to the Montmarte. We walked closer to the McD wishing it will be opened shortly. There were few McD staffs inside but they looked too busy with their job loading up and unpacked everything before the restaurant is ready for opening. We decided to continue to walk towards the Metro station and took the Metro heading to the Anvers station. We had to transit at the Charles de-Gaulle station and changed the line to the Anvers. Upon reaching the Metro station, there was a small McD restaurant at the La Defense commercial complex (this complex is a hub for lrts & buses). We went straight to the restaurant and had a light breakfast for warming up ourselves as the ambience was too cold. A cup of hot coffee was really a pleasurable!

We finally arrived at the Anvers station. The weather was just perfect but a bit windy. Luckily, I am wearing my snow cap cover up my ears. Walked up towards the Sacre Couer in such environment is quite challenging. At the moment, only few visitors could be seen as we walking up. The shops nearby were still closed. When we arrived at the top, we found a group of European visitors eagerly capturing some memories there and their presence really broke the silence in the morning. We walked around the area and later walked down back to the Metro station passing through the “red light” district in Paris, Pigalle area. From there, we decided to go to the China Town. My friend wanted to buy something. Reached there, I made one round tour, finally we stop by at the shop. This shop offers a lot of Asian foods and raw materials. We can easily found some Malaysian sauces, instant prata, fresh fruits & veggies, etc. Done with everything, we went off and had a lunch at the Turkish restaurant closed to our hotel. Kebab again.

The time approaching 6 pm. I was in a hurry to make a last round check before off to London that night. I always thought that having a dinner at the Gare du Nord station is the best option thus I don’t have to cook or eat before leaving my room. My expectation was wrong. It was not that good. I have to bear in mind that this is a long weekend. Many people took this opportunity to travel or return back to their hometown. It was a massive crowd at the station when we arrived there. We planned to have our dinner at the waiting area which already crosses the UK border. As we heading to the Eurostar platform, we have to fill up a form (like a form when Malaysian going to Singapore) before pass through a passport control counter. I have been informed from my colleagues that travelling to UK for Malaysian is easy. No visa is required. Anyway, with tougher checks now in place at the border we have to wait a little longer to get into the United Kingdom, especially at peak times. A lot of questions have been asked by the officer. He use some sort of scanner to ensure that our passports and other official documents are genuine. Finally, we were allowed to cross the UK border which actually still in Gare du Nord station in Paris. I was so curious to find out any restaurant that offers good food for our dinner but it ends up disappointment. We just bought a tuna sandwich and a cup of hot chocolate for almost 10 euro. Damn. I was famished that time. After waiting for few minutes, finally calls for embarkation has been made. The train departs at 8.50 pm. The journey to London begun.

After a much shorter than expected Eurostar ride, finally we have arrived the St. Pancras International station. We went off the station and finding out our hostel pretty easily. As expected, it was a light raining. Anyway, the trip is going pretty well at this point, no hick ups. The hostel was pretty cool, placed exactly in front of King’s Cross station. Having been to Europe before, I was very surprised about how nice the accommodations were for its own class. Not only was it very clean and safe, but it was also in the center of town and very close to an underground station and many shops and fast food restaurants nearby. After check-in and dropping all our backpacks, we went out hungrily looking for a food. And again, kebab was our choice. I bought a lamb kebab which quite big in size and a soft drink. Around 12 am, I am off to bed.

Sunday – 9 Nov 2008

The next day we do A LOT of sightseeing, it was great and very tiring. We walked around London seeing the Buckingham Palace, St. James Park, Parliament House, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and everything else you can imagine. The visit was a little rough. I was wondering why there were too many people around at the moment. Many people crammed the pedestrian’s walkway and some of the underground stations were closed for operation. Finally, I just knew that it was an Armistice Day! A celebration of a Remembrance Day for the 90th anniversary of the World War I. Such a big celebration that will never be missed. It was like a National Day in Malaysia where all citizens from all over the region came over and gather around early in the morning along the road to give a warm patriotic support to those parties. The war veterans, patriots, troops, groups of defense and marching bands with their unique uniform really caught my attention. After hours there, we went off to the Trafalgar Square and National Gallery. Finally, we decided to go back to our hostel for prayer and having our lunch there.

The visit continues to the Kensington Palace and National History Museum. That night we met up with my friends (my course mate in UTM) who are also in London. Actually, they have brief me about the main attractions in London before we came here. They have decided to bring us to a famous restaurant that serves French cuisine, crepe. It was a lot of fun to meet and had a long chat with them since I haven’t meet them since we graduated. Big thanks for their treat as well.

After that, we continue the visit to the London’s eye area. The weather was not really good at the moment. Strong wind and light rain really make me feel sick. Actually, I am not feeling very well on the day. Our wish to take the London’s eye view in such weather was cancelled. Then, we walked along side the river to take a bigger view of Big Ben and finally we went off to the Tower Bridge area for our last visit for the day.

Monday – 10 Nov 2008

We went out from the room a bit early. After having a breakfast at the McD next to our hostel, we continue the visit for the day to the Hyde Park, Marble Arch, Hard Rock Café, Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum and Picaddily Circus. Travelling around London for a while, the lights at Picadilly Circus brought me back to Times Square at Bukit Bintang, something that’s hard to find in Paris, even on the Champs-Elysees. And of course, there are things like supermarkets and lrts with many multi-cultural looking or to be more specific, an Asian looking which will make me feel like I am back home, sort of. People here dress a lot different too. Of course, with such weather, the fashion goes beyond my imagination. Anyway, personally, I found Parisian is more fashionable and stylish in the sense of their mix and match job.

Tuesday – 11 Nov 2008

The next morning we checked out and straight away went to the St. Pancras International Station. It was a short trip indeed and I wasn’t too excited to find out what are the other places that we missed out to visit. For now at least, my traveling days are over and the most important part is that, I felt very happy and enjoy so much with my friend. Overall, I highly recommend a trip to London. It is too easy to reach every single part of London with its highly integrated underground network and I found myself easy surrounded by English speakers. It was a huge relief. The museums are overwhelming in their depth and breadth subjects covered plus most of the museums are free entry. Choose carefully and don't over-do it. It's very easy to become over-museumed there. As long as you can remember to look right, instead of left, before stepping out into the street, you should have a great time. The gardens and parks also are worth to visit. If I got a chance to go back in the near future, I will definitely want to bring my wife and spend a few days together here in central of London. Anyway, the next few weekends I have a lot of places in mind that will be spent discovering Paris with my friends before I went back to Malaysia at the end of December for my holidays. I have no complaints though. I’ve got big plans this week — most probably looking for the flea market in Paris and searching for a new restaurant which offers halal’s food. Stay tuned.

An Autumn in London =)

St. Pancras International Station

Underground

Tower Bridge

Big Ben

British Museum

St. James Park

Buckingham's Palace

London's Eye

Kensington's Palace

Hyde Park

Natural History Museum

Parliament House, Big Ben, Admiralty Arch

Picaddily Circus

Trafalgar Square & National Gallery

Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

Berakhirnya trip ke London

I’m back! Huhu. Penatnye. Aku baru bangun tido ni. Aku sampai Paris lebih kurang kol 12 tengahari. Sampai2 je terus aku gi beli ayam & daging. Stok untuk minggu ni. So lebih kurang kol 1 tengahari tadi sampai la aku kat bilik. Arini aku tanak cite lagi pasal trip ke London tu. Actually banyak sgt aku nak cite tapi arini aku nak cite pasal mende lain. Lagipon gamba2 dalam camera DSLR aku ada lebih kurang 500 high quality pictures lom diuploadkan lagi ke dalam laptop aku. Tapi aku dah upload sket gamba2 daripada digital camera aku (wife aku punye sebenarnye hihi). OK la, sampai je kat bilik, aku terus kemas2 barang. Pastu terus online mengharapkan wife aku ada. Waktu tu lebih kurang kol 7 malam kat Malaysia. Wife aku takde. Pastu aku terus masak nasi goreng ikan bilis, daging goreng kicap & telo goreng. Lapar siot. Selesai makan & cuci pinggan & kemas2, aku sambung online. Check updates. Beberapa minit kemudian, wife aku call aku online. Gembiranya aku. Dah 3 ari aku tak chat & tgk dier. Rindu la. Hihi. Masa chat tu, byk la kitorg borak2. Especially pasal aktiviti2 aku kat London & souvenir2 yg aku beli kat sana. Hihi. Terus terang aku cakap harga barang2 kat sini mostly lebih murah daripada kat Paris ni. Kebanyakan nye murah la tapi biasa la bila pikir pasal coversion to RM, mula la pening. Huhu. Hmm. Sad to say, kali ni aku tak beli apa sgt pon. Sian kat wife aku sebab aku tak beli apa yg dier nak. Memandangkan trip kali ni memang sgt2 packed, so aku memang tak sempat nak survey barang2 shopping mall kat sana. Souvenir yang aku beli pon memang “grab & go” je. Tu pon kebetulan kitorg lalu kat satu kedai souvenir tu. Selamat la aku singgah kedai souvenir tu kalu tak memang tak beli apa la sebab lepas tu memang dah tak jumpe kedai souvenir. Kalu ada pon kedai souvenir yang nampak “mewah” kat luar. Tgk harga pon terus tak jadi nak masuk. Huhu. Hmm. Tapi aku sempat la beli souvenir2 “wajib” tu untuk koleksi peribadi aku & wife aku. Hmm. Sorry ye sayang. Dah takde rezeki kali ni. Aku sebenarnye sian jugak kat wife aku ni. Masa chat tu mmg nampak la kehampaannya. Aku harap dier paham la. Bukan aku tak cuba nak cari. Lepas beberapa minit berbual dengan wife aku, kepala aku mula pening. Sebenarnye masa kat London lagi aku dah rasa mcm nak demam sebab kat sana ari2 ujan. Dah la ujan pastu angin sgt2 kuat sampaikan payung membe aku ni bole patah! Bayangkan la camne kuatnye angin tu. So aku ngan kawan aku ni memang dengan selambe nye terpaksa redah jugak. Nak amik gamba pon sgt2 mencabar. Sebab takot camera basah satu hal, pastu angin kuat plak sampaikan tripod pon bole tumbang. Huhu. Memang cuaca tak bape elok sgt kat sana. Selamat la membe aku ni bawak panadol. Aku bawak minyak cap kapak je. Hihi. Tapi, bila dapat chat dengan wife aku arini, aku happy sgt. Dapat tgk dier. Tapi mcm ada bende yg tak kena. Dier byk diam je. Aku pon taktau kenapa. Merajuk dgn aku ke? Selalunye dier suke berceloteh dgn aku ni. Maybe sebab dier penat kot. Tapi dier sgt2 lain. Aku pon sedih jugak tgk keadaan dier camtu. Tapi dier tak bagitau apa2 pon walaupon aku tanye byk kali. Hmm. Aku arap takde apa2 la.

Lega tido...Trip ke London bermula

Adeh…lega nya tido…pagi tadi aku bgn kol 6.30 pagi sebab kol 7 pagi dah kuar dengan kawan2 aku…aku bawak dorg gi Monmarte…memula2 gi breakfast dulu kat McD…pastu baru gi Monmarte…Sacre Coeur..memang sejuk time tu…dah la berangin…aku plak sgt2 mengantok sebab malam semalam aku tido kol 2 pagi….kol 6 pagi dah bangun…huhuhu…hmmm…lepas tu kitorg berjalan ke arah Moulin rouge dan akhirnye kitorg ke china town….saja bawak kawan2 aku ni….lepas tu dalam kol 12 tengahari kitorg balik….sebelum tu singgah beli kebab dulu….time tu sgt2 lapar…sampai je bilik, aku terus makan & terus tido…letih sgt jalan arini….tak cukup tido lagi…huhuhu…tadi masa aku kat luar, wife aku ada call…aku tau dier pi opis arini…masa dier call tu dier kat Giant Plentong…pastu dier bagitau dier beli suar jeans levis…hihi shopping je ek…hihi…pastu masa aku sampai bilik tu, dier dah kuar…gi main bowling dengan kawan2 dier….sebab tu pas makan kebab, aku terus lena….ni baru terjaga nak mandi2 & siap2 apa yg patut….dalam kol 6 petang ni kitorg bertolak la….okla…aku nak berendam jap….sekembalinya aku dari London nanti, akan aku update kan visit aku tu....

Dapat chat lama! =)

Hmm…jam sekarang dah menunjukkan pukul 11.20 malam…tadi aku dapat chat agak lama dengan wife aku…hihihi…best sgt…mcm2 mende kitorg borak…dah lama tak borak lama2 camni…memula tadi aku tanak call sebab time tu kol 3.45 pagi kat Malaysia…tapi aku call jugak…hihihi…sori ye sayang…tapi dengan pantas wife aku menjawab panggilan aku tadi…hihi…mula2 dier ngantok jugak tapi bile dah borak2 & gelak2 sama2 terus sampai kol 5 pagi waktu Malaysia…hihi…byk bende kitorg borak…pastu wife aku ada hanta mcm2 gamba kat aku…kelaka tul…sebenarnye wife aku nak kirim barang kat aku masa aku pi London nanti…hihi…biasa la org pompuan…shopping je dier tau…hihi…aku sebenarnye tak kisah sgt sebab aku pon kaki shopping gak (bak kata wife aku la)…hihihi…wife aku nak kirim handbeg yg agak terkenal kat sana…tapi terus terang aku cakap yg aku tak berkenan dengan design tu…ntah la…tapi kalu aku suke bende tu, aku terus beli kat wife aku…sebab aku suke….itu la aku…hihi…yg pasti, aku pon tak sure lagi sempat ke tak nak pi shopping2 kat London nanti sebab aku kat sana kejap je…tapi “souvenir2 wajib” memang wajib dibeli la…mcm fridge magnet tu…aku dah buat byk koleksi….best jugak kumpul2 ni…hmmm….petang tadi pas keje aku terus ke Les quatre temp…aku gi sorg je…tak jadi nak tukar duit arini sebab kitorg taktau nak tukar duit kat mana…isk isk…aku dah tanye membe2 aku, tapi dorg pon taktau money exchanger kat area ni…so petang tadi aku kuar sorg2 jela…dengan niat nak beli jaket…hihi…impian aku tercapai jugak walaupon aku tak beli jaket pilihan utama aku tu…yela, yg aku nak tu mahal sket…yg aku beli ni berpatutan la…hihi…lepas shopping, aku terus balik…memula ingat nak masak malam ni, tapi aku malas sgt…tak larat…lagipon time tu dah nak kol 8.30 malam…so malas la nak bertungkus lumus di malam hari…masak bukan main lama…penat…pastu makan nye kejap je dah abih…isk isk…serius penat…dah la kat opis keje menimbun2…adeh…tensen plak aku bile pikir pasal keje ni…Hmmm…lantak la….

Sok dah jumaat…yahoo…jumaat la hari paling seronok sekali kat sini…maksud aku hari bekerja la….sebab nya aku diizinkan kuar gi semayang jumaat…kalu dah pi semayang jumaat tu biasa la…zohor masuk 12.30 tengahari, so dalam kol 11.45 pagi kitorg sume dah mula kan langkah ke bus station….a’ah kitorg naik bus ke masjid tu….sebelum2 ni pon aku pi naik bus…sampai opis plak lebih kurang kol 2.30 petang…huhu…penah jugak jalan kaki tapi yg tu masjid lain….jauh jugak la….kat sini memang ramai & penuh jemaah masa semayang jumaat…sebabnye area tu ramai org arab…pastu masjid plak kecik je…kalu nak rukuk tu biasanya akan langgar belakang org…kalu nak sujud plak, kene sujud kat celah2 kaki org…memang rapat dan padat…selagi ada ruang, selagi tu org masuk…memang bagus la…saf pon rapat…kdg2 aku terpikir jugak betapa “mewah” nye kat Malaysia…masjid berkarpet…ber”aircond”….luas….tapi yg kurang nye byk “gap” antara saf kat Malaysia…maksud aku tak rapat la…hmmm…aku pon bukan la pandai sgt bab2 agama ni tapi saf memang la kene rapat….kalu kat Malaysia, pantang tersentuh bahu sket terus “jauh”kan diri…hihihi…hmmm…renung2 kan lah…hihihi……

hmmm…ni aku nak cite sket pasal aktiviti malam semalam….mcm aku citekan dalam post sebelum ni, semalam pas balik keje kitorg sume (budak2 projek aku) gi umah (hotel) sorg membe aku ni….dier saje ajak kitorg lepak2 umah dier…ada la buat makan2 sket….actually tujuan utama dier buat makan2 ni sebab nak tengok video perkahwinan salah sorg membe aku tu…tgk ramai2 baru la syok…tapi disebabkan ada sorg membe kitog (merangkap lead engineer kitorg) tak dapat datang, so aktiviti tetap diteruskan mcm biasa tapi aktiviti menonton video tu terpaksa ditangguhkan….membe aku ni org korea tapi warganegara france dan kerja kat abu dhabi…haaaa….pelik kan?...tapi itula kenyataan nye…dier keje dalam projek ni sama mcm aku la…aku dari Malaysia…dier dari abu dhabi….camtu la….hmm….dier dok kat area2 hotel aku ni jugak…tapi bilik dier lagi besar….yg best nye ade compartment hall & bedroom…mcm bilik aku takde compartment…pastu kecik sket…hmmm….tak kisah la kan….membe aku ni tinggal dengan awek dier kat hotel tu…awek dier keje kat sini….sebelum kitorg sampai hotel dier, kitorg singgah kat kedai jap…dier gi beli barang2 untuk jamu kat kitorg…huhu…yg aku terharu tu, sume makanan yg dier buat sumenye berasaskan sayur2an, buah2an & ikan….sebab dier paham sket pasal Islam…Alhamdulillah…tapi macam biasa culture kat sini, kalu celebrate apa2 mesti kene minum….minuman keras….tapi untuk aku, dier beli 2 kotak jus buah….bagus tul membe aku ni…makanan yg disajikan lebih kepada “snack” ataupon starter je…ringan2 la….tapi memang sedap & mengenyangkan…antara nya tuna mayonis cheese, avocado blended, mayonis, keropok ape ntah aku tak ingat…Mexican punye keropok bersalut dengan cheese….pastu ada buah tomato kecik & carrot….last sekali roti & ikan….hmm…memang kenyang….masa makan2 tu, masing2 meluahkan perasaan pasal keje…mcm biasa…tak puas hati....mcm2 la…hihi…lepas makan2, kitorg main kad…seronok gile game ni….membe aku ni memang byk game kad ni…dulu pon aku penah main tapi jenis lain…kali ni jenis lain….layan sgt….memang riuh la bilik dier malam tu….hmmm….lebih kurang kol 11 malam kitorg sume balik….hmmm….okla…aku nak tido….sok nak gi keje awal sket…keje byk maaaa!

Malam yang kosong

Hmm…arini aku makan kebab…dengan kawan aku, kamal kat restoran turkey tu…actually kitorg plan nak kuar pas keje gi tukar duit…sebab sabtu ni kitorg ke London…4 ari 3 malam…so kene la tukar duit untuk bayar duit hostel & tube tiket…actually kitorg tukar duit sket je sebab tukar duit kat sana lagi untung...hmm...aku dah survey sket2 pasal tempat2 menarik kat sana yang akan kitorg pegi…aku just survey gitu2 je sebab kat opis skrg sgt2 la byk keje…dah la lead aku takde…so deputy lead aku naik kepala la…mcm biasa...hmm…maleh la aku nak pikir pasal keje…mood keje aku untuk minggu ni seakan2 hilang…walaupon masih byk keje yg kene submit…arghhh…terpaksa la aku pikir jugak keje ni…esok ada vendor meeting…aku kene pegi…ada bende nak kene clarify…pastu aku kene buat 1 calculation & issue 2 documents…tak la byk sgt sebab bole kira kan?…tapi memang banyak!...adeh…aku kene byk bersabar…sume ni hanya dugaan kecik je…arap2 sume nye ok…amiin…hmmm…ok la…biar aku cite sket tempat2 yg aku nak pegi ni…tengahari tadi aku dah email kat kamal pasal plan tu…apa yg nak bawak…apa yg perlu buat sebelum nak pegi…kira check list la…memandangkan sekarang ni agak strict nak masuk UK, so byk bende kene amik kira…dokumen2 perjalanan & mcm2 lagi supportive letter yg acknowledge aku keje kat france ni perlu jugak dibawa…besides, aku kene mula study & plan tempat2 yg mana nak pegi dulu…so bole la jimat masa & kos…ikut urutan…dari tempat aku menginap sampai la aku pulang…pastu kene bawak insurance/medical card…ubat2an…mana la tau kalu selsema ke…pening ke…bawak jela…arap2 takde apa2 la nanti…pastu kene bawak hp charger….battery spare untuk camera…baju sejuk memang wajib la…tapi aku nak beli baju sejuk yg baru…baju sejuk aku yg sekarang ni agak besar & berat…nak jalan2 susah…nak simpan dalam beg lagi la susah sebab besar & berat…hmmm…aku kene beli jugak….terpaksa beli…hehe…arap2 wife aku memahami nye…hehe…aritu aku dah cite kat dier yg aku nak beli baju sejuk baru tapi dier ckp membazir…(tak membazir la sayang…nanti kat Malaysia bole pakai lagi) hehe =) maybe sok atau lusa aku akan gi tukar duit….sok tak tentu lagi sebab membe projek aku sorg ni ajak gi hotel dier…dier ajak sume membe2 projek kitorg…lepak2 bilik dier sambil tengok video perkahwinan membe aku yg baru kawin aritu…so dorg plan beli makanan & makan2 kat bilik membe aku tu sok…ok la….maybe aku takleh tukar duit sok…so khamis petang pas keje bole la gi tukar duit & beli baju sejuk baru…hihi…hmm…selain tu aku dah mula print out sume map kat London tu…senang sket nak cari nanti…aku & kamal akan bertolak ke London pas maghrib…ari sabtu…so pagi sabtu tu, membe2 Malaysia aku yg baru dtg tu ajak gi Monmarte..area2 Moulin Rouge tu…bagus jugak idea tu…pagi2 pegi area tu memang best sebab tempat tu atas bukit…so memang sejuk & nyaman la tengok permandangan paris ni di waktu pagi…hmm…ok la…aku nak buat keje lain plak…tak larat nak update blog ni sebenarnye tapi aku kene update jugak…baru la wife aku tau ape yg akan aku buat & dah buat….maklum la sekarang ni aku dah jarang dapat chat lama2 dengan dier…tadi kol 3.30 pagi waktu Malaysia aku call dier via skype, dier jawab tapi kitorg borak kejap jela…pastu terus dier sambung tido..yela, dah pagi buta…mesti la tido..sian plak kat dier kene kacau…huhu…sori ye sayang…hmm…nampaknye weekend ni tak dapat la aku borak lagi dengan dier…sebab tu aku update blog ni =)

Terjaga di malam hari

Adeh… Jam dah menunjukkan kul 11.30 malam…aku tertido lepas chat dengan wife aku tadi…maknanya aku tido sama dgn waktu kat M’sia…waktu tu kat sini baru kol 6 petang!...isk isk…maybe penat berjalan kot…aku tersedar kol 9 malam…arini aku bawak kawan2 aku gi Musee du Louvre…museum yang wajib dilawati kat sini…lagipon arini free entry…sebab 1st Sunday of the month…kitorg gerak kol 1 tengahari…cuaca arini agak baik…cerah dan suhu sgt dingin…dalam 10 degree celcius camtu…lepas pusing2 kat museum tu sampai lebam (tak abih jalan pon), kitorg pon memulakan langkah pulang…sebelum pulang, kitorg berjalan lebih kurang 500 meter ke McD berdekatan…cam biasa, aku bantai 2 filet-o-fish…lapo sgt time tu…tapi pagi tu aku dah sebat nasi goreng ikan bilis…sedap woo…actually aku lapar sgt arini sebab tu pagi2 aku dah masak nasi goreng…sebabnye dah 2 ari aku tak jamah nasik…ari sabtu lepas pon aku kuar jalan2 dengan membe2 Malaysia aku tu…bawak dorg jalan2 kat Paris dari tghari sampai la ke malam…pas balik bilik, mandi & solat sume, kitorg kuar balik ke shopping mall berdekatan…membe aku nak beli barang…so aku kene temankan dorg…membe aku sorg tu nak beli kasut baru sebab kasut jalan2 dier dah koyak…membe aku yg lagi sorg nak beli barang2 dapur termasuk la ayam halal…so semalam boleh dikatakan seharian la aku kat luar…tak sempat nak masak…balik bilik pon dah lewat….hmmm…

Pagi tadi sempat la aku chat dgn wife aku sebelum aku kuar dengan membe2 aku tu…dah lama aku tak chat lama2 dgn dier…maklum la hari biasa masing2 sibuk dgn keje…so aku takmo la ganggu dier sgt…weekend plak penuh dengan aktiviti2 lain…especially sekarang ni…aku sgt2 busy nak bawak membe2 aku berjalan masa hujung minggu…so dah tak bole la chat lama2 dgn wife aku…hmm…tapi arini wife aku gi tgk membe dier yg baru bersalin….hmm…memang seronok kalu dapat baby….mudah2an kitorg murah rezeki lepas ni…insyaAllah…amiin…hmm…sok keje…boring plak rasa nya…sebabnye lead aku cuti 2 minggu…kalu dier takde, boring sket la….tapi minggu ni byk keje nak buat….ade homework sket…bukan pasal keje tapi pasal trip ke London tu…hehe…byk bende nak kene study…tempat2 menarik…tube ticket…restaurants…masjid…dan mcm2 lagi la…tapi mungkin aku akan di guide oleh membe aku kat sana…dier skrg tengah amik pHD kat sana….actually dier ada dtg sini jumaat lepas…sebab kat sini ada tennis match…malangnye kitorg tak sempat nak jumpe…sebab cuaca buruk dan boyfriend nye kurang sihat…hmm…okla…aku nak tido la…salam….